On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 04:54, dballester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi:
>
> The really needs for Linux Desktop is an hipotetical program called
> something like LUI ( Linux Universal Installer ). With apt-rpm we have a
> good application manager but we need to make easy for end-users to 'click'
> on a program.tar.gz and run configure, make, make install in a fake place,
> resolving dependencies and working eith apt-rpm or standalone to
> download/install/update this dependencies.
IMHO, I think you are missing the point. LINUX is a multi-user system.
Hence allowing users to install things goes against the security of
linux.
That said, however, I would agree that some sort of universal GUI
installer would make it easier for those migrating from closed-source
platforms ...a prime example: Microsoft Windows (TM).
OTH, I would imagine a script that would extract the tarred file,
and running behind a gui. So in effect, instead of doing
"tar-xvf {filename}.tgz" on the command line, the user would do this
from a GUI interface, which first prompts for the root password,
*of course*. I'm not a programmer, but I would think it is feasable.
cheers,
Elton Woo ;-)
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